Solar and backup power in
Gabriola Island.

Standby power, solar arrays, and battery storage — coordinated so the house stays running, quietly, when conditions change.

BC Ferries from Nanaimo (Descanso Bay)

Solar & Backup Power — Wenner residence in Gabriola Island
Gabriola Island

An hour from a working demonstration of the platform.

Gabriola sits a 20-minute ferry ride off Nanaimo, which makes it one of the most accessible Gulf Islands from a service perspective — the team can be on site the same morning we leave the Boxwood Road centre. The architectural mix runs from modest custom homes to significant waterfront builds along the south and east coasts. Wenner runs Gabriola projects on the same in-house full-service model as the rest of the mid-Island.

Solar & Backup

Solar & Backup Power.

Vancouver Island's power grid is a known hazard during winter storms. Wenner designs and integrates standby power solutions — automatic transfer switches, generator sizing, fuel routing, and battery storage where it makes sense. Solar PV arrays are designed in alongside the home's electrical service, with appropriate inverters and battery storage, and brought into the broader Crestron platform.

  • Kohler standby generators — silent, sized to whole-home or critical-load coverage.
  • Automatic transfer switches with seamless cutover during outages.
  • Solar PV arrays with battery storage, where the site supports it.
  • Integration into the home's Crestron platform — visible status on the touch panels.
  • Coordinated with the electrical service under Wenner's BC electrical contractor licence (LEL0003189).
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How we work

Pre-engineered off-site. Installed on-site by our team.

Every Wenner project follows the same disciplined workflow. The system is pre-engineered at our design centre well before it ships to site, so the on-site phase is dramatically faster, more predictable, and more reliable.

  • Rack builds and pre-engineering at our design centre. Equipment racks, control processors, network gear, and bespoke programming are assembled, configured, and tested at our Nanaimo or Victoria centre before anything ships to site — the system is essentially functional before it leaves our hands.
  • Wenner team on site for the critical phases. Rough-in, final install, commissioning, and testing are handled directly by the Wenner integration team.
  • One accountable party. Wenner remains the single technical and management authority on the project, in close coordination with the architect, the interior designer, the builder, and the homeowner.
  • The same long-term relationship. Same coordination during construction, same commissioning standard at handover, same aftercare through WennerCare.

The same workflow delivers Wenner projects far beyond Vancouver Island — most recently a completed residence in Mexico City, and an active project in Oregon through our sister company Intuitiv Spaces.

An hour, in person, with the team.

Visit one of our Experience Centres in Nanaimo or Victoria. Bring your client, your architect, or both.

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